Commerce Department Cuts Newsprint Tariffs

Levies of up to 32% on paper from Canada are lowered, giving a partial reprieve to beleaguered U.S. publishers

The Trump administration has reduced steep tariffs it imposed earlier this year on newsprint from Canada, offering at least a partial reprieve to the already beleaguered U.S. newspaper industry, which had struggled to absorb the additional costs.

In January, the Commerce Department set temporary tariffs of up to 32% on uncoated groundwood paper from Canada, responding to a complaint from a single U.S. paper mill operator in Washington state about alleged dumping by Canadian producers and government subsidies that gave Canadian...